Training Addict Magician in a Growth-Focused Story

Chapter 64

Fire, water, wind, and earth.

Around Leon, the four elements began to glow, swirling like stars in the universe, dancing mysteriously in perfect harmony. All eyes in the room turned toward him.

Leon had chosen not to summon his familiar, as it wasn’t necessary for what he was about to do.

A subtle vibration emanated from his fingertips—the power created by the clash of the elements.

Combining elements into a single destructive force was magic that only high-level mysticism could achieve. Arpina’s Sixfold Heavenly Radiance was a prime example of this.

To Arpina, harmony was the ultimate union where everything merged into one. Her Sixfold Heavenly Radiance embodied this philosophy, a dazzling beam that split the heavens and devoured all before it. Its overwhelming destructive power was nothing short of awe-inspiring.

But Leon had chosen a different path.

Instead of restraining his power, Leon intensified the magic, pushing even more mana into the swirling elements around him. The colors of the four elements brightened and vibrated intensely as they tried to merge, but like opposing magnetic poles, the elements repelled each other.

Trying to fuse four different elements without limiting their individual properties made the process significantly more difficult.@@@@

Leon’s eyes reflected the swirling colors, shining like a rainbow. Sweat beaded on his forehead, and his fingertips trembled slightly with the effort.

He wasn’t trying to create one singular powerful force by merging the elements, but rather, he was attempting to maintain the inherent qualities of each element while allowing them to influence one another and evolve into something new.

What he sought was not a grand, unified spell, but the fleeting moment when the elements intertwined and crossed paths—the boundary where new possibilities emerged.

'If I’m ever going to combine SSS-level spells, I need to master this.'

Fzzzt—

But the elements wouldn’t come together as he wanted. They simply wavered, resisting the fusion.

Leon didn’t rush.

His fingers pulsed with mana as he tried to identify the points where the elements could complement and amplify each other, while still preserving their unique traits.

Even amidst this struggle, new insights were forming in Leon’s mind.

Yet, despite his efforts, the four elements failed to harmonize and scattered in a moment’s notice. He had failed with just four elements, and the difficulty of what he was attempting became clear. Achieving such harmony with a mere flash of insight was no easy feat.

Leon wiped the sweat from his brow and looked toward Glirios.

"..."

Glirios, like everyone else in the room, remained silent, lost in thought as he observed Leon.

For a long moment, Glirios stood with his hands behind his back, his brow furrowed in contemplation before he finally spoke.

"Are you aware that the magic you just displayed is far beyond the level of a personal student? Specifically, the realization you’re aiming for."

Was he saying it was strange for a fifth-level apprentice to be thinking about such things?

"Coexistence of the elements..." Glirios said, as if he immediately grasped what Leon was trying to do.

His gaze pierced through Leon, and for a moment, Glirios seemed to struggle to find the right words, pausing frequently.

"..."

The other students, witnessing this interaction, stared at Leon in bewilderment.

They couldn’t fully follow the conversation between Glirios and Leon.

The high-level magic this boy had just demonstrated before Glirios... His supposed status as a mere fifth-level apprentice... And the fact that Glirios, known for his clear and insightful teachings, was taking this so seriously.

"Thank you."

"..."

Glirios watched Leon silently, his eyes reflecting a mix of complex emotions.

Outside the tower, a yellow-tinged moon hung quietly in the sky. Its faint light filtered through the window of the tower master’s office, casting a soft glow over the room.

In the office, Glirios stood with his hands behind his back, while Kalderick sat quietly at the table.

"..."

A deep silence stretched between them.

After a long while, Glirios, still facing the window, finally spoke.

"He asked for guidance on harmony."

The memory of the day’s lesson resurfaced in his mind—the calm-faced boy’s request.

A normal magician of that age would have just begun learning the fundamentals of magic. But Leon's power had already far surpassed that stage.

On the surface, it appeared as though his mana was limited to that of a fifth-level apprentice, but to Glirios’s trained eye, it was clear that this was merely a veil. Beneath it, Leon’s true power was far greater.

Though Glirios couldn’t determine the exact depth of Leon’s magic, he knew it reached far beyond what was visible.

Yet that wasn’t what concerned Glirios the most.

'He’s trying to create new magic...'

Glirios could sense Leon’s goal.

'A multi-element spell...'

He didn’t find this ambition arrogant. He had seen enough to know it wasn’t a pipe dream.

'To think he’s already reached that level of insight.'

Glirios thought back to the moment he had allowed Leon to experience true harmony by manipulating his mana. In that brief instant, Leon had not only sensed it but had truly understood and internalized the experience.

'He maintained the fusion even after I withdrew my interference.'

From a single fleeting moment.

Was that possible at the age of fifteen?

Glirios asked himself.

He, too, had been recognized as a prodigy from a young age. Though he hadn’t surpassed his master or reached the transcendent level, there had been a time when he was considered full of potential.

And Kalderick, his son, was even more talented than he had been.

It wasn’t just fatherly pride—Kalderick’s talent was objectively brilliant.

But could even Kalderick have achieved something like that at fifteen?

'...I should speak with Arpina.'

Was Leon simply hiding his power, or was he concealing something greater for a larger purpose?

What was the boy’s true intent?

Would he become a danger to the school... or a beacon of brilliance for its future?